Stephen Briggs
Stephen Briggs
Stephen Briggsis a British writer of subsidiary works and merchandise surrounding Terry Pratchett's comic fantasy Discworld. The Streets of Ankh-Morpork, the first Discworld map, was co-designed by Briggs and Pratchett and painted by Stephen Player in 1993. The Discworld Mapp, A Tourist Guide to Lancre and Death's Domain followed...
affected agree general massive metal people year
Most people agree it's the metal of the year for general fundamentals, but they are all heavily affected by massive speculation.
forecast grow lead production
In all, we forecast that world lead production will grow by 5.5%-6.0% in 2006 and 4%-4.5% in 2007.
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The investors have plenty more ammunition to throw at it. The underlying interest in metals generally, and gold in particular, is still so great that you have to suspect that you are going to challenge the highs again which is $10 away.
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It (the price movement) illustrates that a large number of investors simply see it as a buying opportunity.
Everything is bullish. They (prices) will probably go higher.
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You are not getting much direction from oil because it is ... not showing much of a trend. People are a bit uncertain and the base metals are probably not helping ... Gold seems to be struggling to get back above $555 - the halfway point between the high and the low.
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There's no reason with the amount of gas we have in storage for the price to keep going up.
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The zinc market is going to become as tight as copper. Every speculator is buying zinc now.
demand growth
You should see a reacceleration in demand growth this year.
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Prices would not be where they are if not for the huge, unprecedented amount of money coming into the market.
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So it doesn't matter really whether it is or it isn't, the gold market has decided it is an issue.
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It's been a huge rally, and all rallies inevitably have some kind of correction.
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That is causing uncertainty whether it would be a surplus this year.
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Although these would be small compared with the cumulative deficit of 2003-2005, the consequent likely rise in reported stocks could be supplemented by more unreported material resurfacing.